ID: 901000415 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000415	Record Type: Character/Person

	Abijah (Old Testament character)

Note: An ancestor of Christ depicted in the Tree of Jesse. Confusion about the character exists; nine different persons with this name are mentioned in the Bible.

Names:

	Abijah (Old Testament character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Abijah (Old Testament character) (Dutch-P,D,N)
	Abia (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Abiyyah (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Abiyyahu (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Abi (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)
	Abijam (Old Testament character) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Abijah (Old Testament character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Tree of Jesse
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Tree of Jesse (Christian theme)) [901000411]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Abijah (Old Testament character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) nr 00033744
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71L121 Abijah is proclaimed king
	Abia (Old Testament character)
	................Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Abiyyah (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Abiyyahu (Old Testament character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Abi (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Abijam (Old Testament character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) accessed 13 September 2012
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Abijah," accessed 28 June 2017